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british member of parliament accused of being a spy will be able to stay in the u.k. brent outlines measures to boost the economy. long queues are forming on day two of egypt's historic elections. welcome to bbc world news. also, conrad murray the man found guilty of causing michael jackson's death is sentenced british liberal took this newspaper archive on line. >> a former russian aide accused of being a spy will be able to stay in the u.k. she has won an appeal against

deportation. she works for mike hancock a liberal democrat m. pfpp. the s alleged to have had an affair with him. >> a russian spy at the heart of westminster. a honey trap set to steal secrets from the powerful. that is what pheufrpblgm guest:-5 claimed but the special immigration appeals commission decided there would not be evidence to back up the charge and turned down an attempt to deport her. it was her four-year relationship for mike hancock and his role on the defense select committee which led to many of the suspicions. >> what was she spying on? there has to be leaks to survive. and as far as i'm concerned, there was nothing she was doing for me which was any which sense is active. >> a diary previewed in court sucked the relationship was not

faked but m everyone-5 claimed she was sent to britain by russian intelligence and relationships with a dutch diplomat and nato official pointed to her being a spy. catching russian spice used to be the bread and butter work of the security service mi-5. in this case they had their suspicions based on her work in parliament. the problem was they had very little evidence. it was shortly after the exposure in america of anna chapman as a russian spy who lived in britain that mi-5 took a closer interest. but in the chapman case surveillance like this footage up covered hard evidence proving espionage. parts of this other case were held in secret but in public the case appeared circumstantial. >> they don't appear to have any direct evidence that she was a spy. there is no film, for example, no surveillance film of her

passing messages to anybody or using special communication techniques or anything else. there is no evidence of that kind at all. >> she had a private life dragged into public view but today it will be mi-5 feeling embarrassed at their failure to convince the judge she was a spy. >> gordon joins us now live from outside the court. the lack of evidence against her clearly a problem. what evidence did the prosecution have? >> this is a very complicated procedure because there's an open court session and closed session. in the open court session the mi-5 evidence was circumstantial. they basically said because of the relationships she had and type of person she was she they believed was a recruited russian agent but in open court they produced no evidence she had any serious contact with russian intelligence. no evidence of payments from russian intelligence or specific

secret being passed. then there was a closed session and we don't know what happened there. there could have been some secret intelligence but clearly there wasn't because in the end the judge decided there was not the evidence to deport her on the grounds of national security. this is a very unusual decision because this is the first spy case that has again through this special immigration appeals commission since it was set up. the first time somebody fought off the attempt and it is unusual for the home secretary to lose such a case so it is pretty embarrassing for the security of mi-5 who claimed she was a recruited russian agent. >> so she can stay in the u.k. is there any ground of appeal? >> no, i think her passport will be returned. bail conditions have lapsed so she is free to stay in the u.k. until her visa runs out at least. >> gordon, thank you. the home t you know office said it is disappointed with the ruling. national man says

security is the program mayor duty of government, we will take all necessary steps to protect the public from individuals we believe pose a threat and remove from the u.k. the court ruled there was not enough for the suspicion and we stand by the decision to pursue deportation on national security grounds. so the government clearly defiant in that case despite the court ruling. the chancellor of the exchecquer george osborne will give a statement on the economy. and expected to defend tight cuts. to announce d promises to encourage a recovery will acknowledging growth be lower and borrowing much higher than planned. >> what a difference a year makes. ast autumn the treasury had hoped out to map out a master plan for economic recovery of the u.k.

now those things appear much gloomier. by the time george osborne gets to his feet we will know officially growth will be much lower. that makes it harder for the government to cut the deficit as soon as it wants. it is something david cameron has already been trying to prepare public opinion for. >> growth is slow not just in britain but in france and germany, too. in the last quarter we grew faster than many e.u. countries, faster than average but we are frankly well hyped where we need to be. >> what can the government do to encourage growth? we already have some idea. the government will offer to underwrite mortgages for some first-time buyers. there will be a so-called credit easing program it help small businesses get loans. and most likely to be an announcement on new toll roads

built by the praeuft sector. it is hoped this will breathe into the u.k. economy and bring down unemployment which is the worst it has been for 17 years. of course, the opposition will argue public spending is being cut too far and too fast and that is choke ofg the growth of the economy. george osborne will vow to stick to his deficit reduction plan, perhaps there is one thing they can both agree on. he country would be in a much worse position had it joined the euro. >> the united states has made it clear it wants europe to do more to sort out the euro didn't crisis. president barack obama has pressed officials in the finance minister meeting and expected to agree on had you to improve the bailout and approve the release of a much delayed loan to

greece. the pressure on the european central bank will not necessarily produce an immediate reaction. >> i think we are unlikely to see what some have talked about which is the european central bank literally announcing one day we are going to be the lender of last resort and put unlimited amounts of money behind countries lake italy and spain it make sure their cost of borrowing doesn't go beyond a certain level. i don't think that will happen. what you may well see regardless of what happens with the politicians the next week or so is that the state of the eurozone economy, the fact many forecasters think it is in recession and could be the next six months or so, that will drive the european central bank to do more purchasing of government bonds and what we often would call quantitative easing. it is more likely to come from that direction, they will do more to support the economy for their own monetary policy

reasons rather than wanting to play the more political role of lender of last resort. i think their point has been and one that i think the americans are sympathetic to is that this is really a job for politicians, not an independent central bank. particularly for germany it say we are going to make that happy, we will take responsibility collectively for some of the debts. a lot of people think this has again so far we need something that dramatic to really change the society. people are starting to price in the break-up of the euro. sudan has ordered kenya's ambassador to leave khartoum. and they have withdrawn their ambassador from kenya. a warrant for d omar al bashir on genocide charges. electiond presidential

there since the civil war ended eight years ago. some people struggle to vote to organizational problems and both government and opposition complaining es are of fraud. a leading contender for the republican nomination to challenge president obama in 2012 has been accused of carrying out a 13 jury ext extramarital affair. the woman alleges that herman cain flew her to meet him in cities where he was on business. he denies the claims. >> a second day of voting has begun in egypt general election. one key question is whether one of america's biggest allies in the middle east will stay secular or move to a more islamic path. there was a large turnout yesterday in the country. we have this report from cairo. >> we have seen lots of pictures of long queues at polling stations, people happy

with the way things went. the generals were at the ballot so they wanted to take credit for what was going on. and that obviously we are looking to will they be beneficiaries of what has been happening. say about l i would the election it is much more than a battle between islam illses and second kau similarists. it is the old and new. islamists and liberals and also the old forces really, the people who used to be in power under hosni mubarak not standing to the national democratic party. that was the ruling party that has been abolished but nevertheless there is a lot of people with a lot of power and influence who will have a big say spread amongst the different parties now. then the big question we are asking is who has benefited from the last 10 days. has the army been weakened or strengthened. i think it is both. strengthened in the short term but long term it is the forces

of democracy, surely the elected representatives who are beginning more power by the fact they are getting a big heavy turnout. >> what about parties lake the muslim brotherhood. is it likely egypt will go toward a more islamist party in the future? >> that of course is one of the bigger questions. we will have to wait to see. most will think they won't get a clear majority in the elections but the islamists with the other various branches of islamism, the brotherhood is largest but there are others. they will probably be the largest single force in egyptian politics but not necessarily a majority. so, we will have a tussle for power around the husband limb brotherhood have insisted they won't want. they are accepts active even if

they took complete power here they wouldn't want to turn this into a new iran. they see the danger of alienating egypt's friends around the world. so it will be a prolonged push for who will take control of this country in the years ahead. >> the only daughter of josef stalin has died at age 85 in the united states. svetlana alliluyeva seen herein as a young girl had a privileged upbringing but witnessed the horror of her father's rule. she defected in 1967 denouncing her father and communism. much more on that at the website. you are watching news news. this sunday russians will be going to the polls in parliamentary elections. seven parties are taking part but what are the key issues for the voters? we traveled to a town 500 kilometers from moscow known as

the black heart of russia because of its rich soil and farmland. in this the first of three reports we meet some of the people who lost faith in the fairness of the russian election system. >> the russian election o outcomes. here comes the cowboy. the is the chairman of election commission. he is voting with a message. >> there is an election for parliament he says and make sure your parents get out and vote. but will the ballot be free and fa fair? we heard allegations of voter rigging in favor of putin's party united russia. at local elections back in march paved udent said he was the equivalent of 10 pounds to stuff ballot boxes.

>> a couple of days before the election me and some others were asked if we would like to earn extra money. they told us we would need to go around polling stations and count the pwlts marked for united russia. i was not happy with it. it was deception. i didn't put any of the pwlts i given into the boxes. >> alexander was an election observer for the communist party. he has again to court claiming that at one polling station the results were changed to give united russia a bigger share of the vote. >> this is theft. this is falsification. according to our constitution, this is a crime. punishable by law. the last 20 years russians had the chance it take part in multiparty elections. these allegations reflect whether human rights groups have been saying for some time. that those elections are

weighted helpful in favor of the ruling party. >> but the commission denies it rigged the local elections for united russia. >> out of the 85 alleged cases of election fraud 68 are total fantasy dreamt up by two parties that lost the election. >> this time around he is introducing high tech boxes. officials say they will reduce the opportunity for cheating. but only 5% of stations will have them, which is why opponents of the ruling party will watch closely for any signs of fraud. >> this is bbc world news. the headlines for you, a woman accused by me-5 of being a spy in the u.k. won her case to

stay. britain's chance lore of the exchecquer will outlane plans to boost the u.k. sluggish economy. michael jackson's former doctor is to be sentenced in los angeles today. he was convicted of causing the singer's death. he faces up to four years in jail and the court will hear a statement from the jackson family who are expected to request the maximum sentence. >> we the jury -- >> after weeks of evidence the jury took just day and a half to jackson's doctor of causing his death. >> guilt. the criticism of involuntary manslaughter. >> murray provided the singer with a puzzle anesthetic drug to help him sleep. the drug which killed him while under his doctor's care. michael jackson was rehearsing for a long run of comeback skrts in london and suffered severe

insomnia. he had become dependent on the drug. ut the jury decided it was his doctor who was to blame. before deciding on a sentence the judge will hear statements from both sides. both supporters of murray for a shorter sentence and those wanting the maximum of four kwrrs. that includes the jackson family who will issue a statement possibly in person and we could hear from conrad murray himself for the first time in the courtroom. as well as a prison sentence the prosecution will be asking for money for jackson's three children saying he could have made $100 million. $65 million pounds to are the concerts. >> the world may not be able to see itself by 2050. u.n. s the warning in a report this shows a quarter of land surface is degrade and may not be able to grow enough for the rising population.

>> the farmers of southeastern australia know the problem. rainfall has dropped and temperatures risen unsustainable use of water and other resources has caused yields to fall pushing farms out of business. yet the world has ever more mouths to feed. in 40 years there will be another two billion of us. if nothing is done says the u.n. food and agricultural organization there will be consequences for everyone. >> the system at risk may simply not be able to contribute as expected in meeting the human demands for 2050. the consequences in terms of hunger and poverty are unacceptable. >> the damage is particularly bad in asia where billions depend on rice. yields there soared in the 1960's and 1970's thanks to the

green revolution. but now growth is tailing off and the population keeps rising:f.a.o. says farmers will need it increase output by 70% by 2050 but do it in a way that doesn't damage the environment. >> it can contribute to a solution provided we have the right framework and enough investment in sustainable agriculture then farmers can produce more, can generate income, and they can mitigate climate change and adapt to climate change. >> the f.a.o. says solving the problems will cost a trillion dollars but doing nothing will cost more. >> another comeback talk. >> he says i'm never fighting again that is when you think they might change their mind take some of the cash. the latest to retire on his 31st

birthday i'm never fighting again then a month later he is thinking of fighting because he confirmed that his management team is in talks with klitschko's team. he lost the world title to wladimir klitschko earlier and that was part of the reason he to retire. they couldn't get a follow-up fight so he walked away from the sport. it seems like this is what he had to say on an interview. >> there is talk going on and has been for a while. >> still interested? >> of course. >> you would like the fight? >> i would love that fight. i said that before i retired officially that is the fight that i would want. i said i would want to fight vitaly. they are talking about march. but whether it happens or not i don't know. what i will do is i will be in good shape. if they give me what i believe i

deserve and if the date with the tv networks and sanctioned bodies comes together on one night and it can work, then it would be something i will seriously consider. >> so, money is an issue as he said. if they pay what i think i'm worth but there's been movement so we will have to wait to see. you can see that next week on the 5th of december. >> the crowd will be pleased. it is a unprecedented access to the history of britain with an internet connection the british library putting 200 years of newspaper archives on lien. the collection of four million pages from the 18th and 19th centuri centuries. we have this report. >> here in north london in the british library newspaper archives is an extraordinary collection of regional, national, local newspapers years. 00 here is one of them. the darby daily telegraph 1916 a

picture of a young winston churchill sell being his book back then. what they are doing is -- and they are one year into this 10-year project -- they are scanning the newspapers. we have one being scanned there. another edition of the same paper here. a vast task because there are so many newspapers and they will all be online. with me is ed king from the british library. what is this about? >> this is the newspaper cleared for scanning. we have irons to flatten the paper and all of this is inside the newspaper. >> yes, just one of the tphaopss out of the archives. look at somewe can of the results. this is a newspaper that has been scanned already. it is a telegraph from 1903. you see the cricket there. and there is on the website. pick out a few headlines as

well. up here. really, interesting, countess russell's troubles as divorce kiss. and famous sing are divorce petition. remarkable allegations. nothing of changes. >> it is like a digital aladdin's cave. it is all free to search 24-7. once you want to download pages you have to pay a small charge. >> this is a big commercial project. for the price of a couple pints you get two-day's access. >> what kind of interest do you think there will be? >> people will be interested in the millions of local stories. that will be a point of great interest. internationally and around the world british newspapers have stories from all over the world for the whole of the 19th and 20th centuries. >> a quick word on the scale, however are you? >> one year into a 10-year

project with 40 million pages on line. >> that web site is expected to be a treasure trove not just for historians but people who want to research their family background and what happened in their local community 100, 200 or maybe just 50 years ago. now, one lucky person in america has defied the odds by surviving a head on collision with a car. it was stuck in a vehicle grill. closer inspection revealed the creature was still alive and it was released from the wreckage. it was too stunned to fly and was taken to the vet but luckily it has been released back into the wild. much more at the website b bbc.com/news. more on the russian aide and mistress able to stay in the being accused of spying.

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